HP 9142A Tape Drive

By admin , 15 December 2015
9142A
Description

The 9142A is a somewhat rare quarter-inch cartridge tape drive designed for HP 150 and Vectra PCs. Tapes for this 16-track drive had a maximum storage capacity of 60 MB. The 9142A required the HP 88500A HP-IB interface card ($199) to connect to IBM-compatible PCs. The 9142A used the CS/80 command set.

Year First Manufactured
1985

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